SEBOKENG – On Monday, 12, December, 2022, a well-executed movie style Italian job robbery, saw a gang of armed robbers leaving with an undisclosed amount of money after attacking, bombing and robbing a cash truck.
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Security guards were left unharmed during the dramatic scenes and bombing of the van on R54 and Moshoeshoe road four-way stop.
After making off with leather bags filled with cash, thugs left the cash van burning together with their white Mercedes Benz used to derail the money van off the road.
Shortly after the bombing, commuters jumped out from moving taxis to loot left over notes on the wrecked van with massive fire rising-up from the two vehicles and smoke billowing to the sky.
When Sedibeng Ster team arrived on the scene, high police visibility was already deployed together with fire engine to extinguish raging flames.
Several video footages widely circulated on social media shows groups of people shoving one another for left-over cash.
Speaking to the Paper, Gauteng provincial police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said police are on a lookout for suspects following a cash-in-transit heist in Sebokeng.
“Police have launched a manhunt for suspects after a cash truck was attacked and an undisclosed amount of cash was taken in Sebokeng on Monday, 12 December 2022 at approximately 17h30. The suspects are said to be driving in two Audi A4s, white and silver, a black Audi A6, and a white Mercedes Benz.,” he said.
Masondo further added that “during the shootout, the driver of the truck that was nearby was shot in the hand and was rushed to the nearby healthcare facility. The security guards were not injured”.
Earlier last month, another cash van was derailed from the road and attempts to have it bombed didn’t material.
